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Firms ask for Sh1.7 billion to keep taps flowing amid Covid-19 crisis

Water Services Providers (WSPs) in the country want the government to support them by purchasing for them water treatment chemicals, offsetting their electricity bills and subsiding their staff expenses for three months in the wake of Covid-19.

They feared they may encounter challenges in treating and supplying clean water to Kenyans grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic due to reduced revenue collections.

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